55 research outputs found
In vitro effects of 3-(4-Dimethylamino-naphthelen-1-ylmethylene)-1, 3-hydroindolo-2-one) in combination with epigallocatechin gallate on tumour survival in melanoma cells
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Perceptions of rewards among volunteer caregivers of people living with AIDS working in faith-based organizations in South Africa: a qualitative study
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Volunteer caregivers are a critical source of support for the majority of people living with HIV and AIDS in southern Africa, which has extremely high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates. While studies have shown that volunteer caregiving is associated with negative health and socio-economic outcomes, little is known about the positive experiences of volunteers in the home-based care context in South Africa. The purpose of this study is to explore the perception of rewards among volunteers working in home-based care settings.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This study uses a qualitative design. Qualitative interviews were conducted with a purposively selected sample of 55 volunteer caregivers using an interview schedule containing open-ended questions.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Volunteer caregivers derived intrinsic rewards related to self-growth and personal (emotional and psychological) development on the job; they also derived satisfaction from community members taking a liking for them and expressing a need for their services. Volunteers felt gratified by the improvements in their health behaviours, which were a direct consequence of the experiences of caring for terminally ill patients with AIDS. Extrinsic rewards came from appreciation and recognition shown by patients and community members. Extrinsic rewards also accrued to volunteers when the services they rendered made their patients happy. Perhaps the greatest sources of extrinsic rewards are skills and competencies acquired from training and experience while caring for their patients, and volunteers' ability to make a difference in the community.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Insights into volunteer caregiver rewards provide opportunities for policy makers and programme managers to develop a model of home-based care that facilitates the accrual of rewards to volunteers alongside volunteers' traditional duties of patient care. Programme managers could employ these insights in recruiting and assisting volunteers to identify and reflect on rewards in the caregiving situation as a means of reducing the burden of care and sustaining volunteer interest in caregiving.</p
Optical potentials for the rare-isotope beam era
We review recent progress and motivate the need for further developments in
nuclear optical potentials that are widely used in the theoretical analysis of
nucleon elastic scattering and reaction cross sections. In regions of the
nuclear chart away from stability, which represent a frontier in nuclear
science over the coming decade and which will be probed at new rare-isotope
beam facilities worldwide, there is a targeted need to quantify and reduce
theoretical reaction model uncertainties, especially with respect to nuclear
optical potentials. We first describe the primary physics motivations for an
improved description of nuclear reactions involving short-lived isotopes,
focusing on its benefits for fundamental science discoveries and applications
to medicine, energy, and security. We then outline the various methods in use
today to build optical potentials starting from phenomenological, microscopic,
and ab initio methods, highlighting in particular the strengths and weaknesses
of each approach. We then discuss publicly-available tools and resources
facilitating the propagation of recent progresses in the field to
practitioners. Finally, we provide a set of open challenges and recommendations
for the field to advance the fundamental science goals of nuclear reaction
studies in the rare-isotope beam era.Comment: This paper is the outcome of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams
Theory Alliance (FRIB - TA) topical program "Optical Potentials in Nuclear
Physics" held in March 2022 at FRIB. Its content is non-exhaustive, was
chosen by the participants and reflects their efforts related to optical
potential
Language rights, intercultural communication and the law in South Africa
This article seeks to explore the present language scenario in courts of law. The article makes use of section 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996), as a point of departure. At face value this section seems to entrench the language rights of individuals. This would mean that individuals could request trials to be held in their mother tongues, with fluent and competent speakers of that mother tongue sitting on the bench. However, this has not materialised. Contrary to popular opinion, the article argues that individual language rights are to some extent entrenched in the Constitution, but there are no mechanisms to secure such rights in the public domain. The article argues that it is often only language privileges that are preserved in institutions such as the justice system. Legally speaking, there is an obligation on the State to provide interpreters to facilitate access to all eleven official languages in courts of law. This in itself presents numerous challenges. The article argues further that the corollary to this is that there is very little space for intercultural communication in courts of law (as defined by Ting-Toomey, 1999, and Gibson, 2002). There has been little or no capacity building in this regard. It is English, to some extent Afrikaans, and the western cultural paradigm, which prevails. The result is further communication breakdown and language intolerance. In this article, the notion of language rights in courts of law is explored against the backdrop of existing theories of intercultural communication
An evaluation of the state of wellness amongst medical aid company employees in South Africa
Huidige navorsing op die gebied van welstand in die werkplek is gefragmenteer en vereis ’n
holistiese, geïntegreerde en stelselmatige begrip van werknemerwelstand sodat gesondheiden
welstandsorg doeltreffend bestuur kan word. Die toenemende las van nie-oordraagbare
toestande in Suid-Afrika beklemtoon die noodsaaklikheid van voorkomingstrategieë soos
welstandprogramme. Die werkomgewing bied ’n ideale plek, aangesien ’n groot deel van
die bevolking geteiken word, insluitende diegene wie se lewenstyl verbeter moet word.
Hierdie studie is dus daarop gemik om verskeie gesondheid- en welstandkomponente onder
werknemers van ’n mediesefondsmaatskappy te evalueer in ’n poging om risikogebiede te
identifiseer wat verdere ingryping vereis. Die deelnemers het bestaan uit 140 werknemers
van ’n mediesefondsmaatskappy wat ten minste 40 h per week werk. Hulle is onderwerp
aan ’n welstandassesseringsbattery bestaande uit antropometrieke, gesondheidverwante en
fisieke kapasiteitmetings. Die resultate toon dat ingryping nodig is betreffende alkohol- en
dwelmgebruik, dieetgewoontes, hartgesondheid, liggaamsamestelling, spieruithouvermoë,
kardiorespiratoriese uithouvermoë en individuele persepsies van die maatskappy. Dié studie
het resultate opgelewer wat die bevindings van baie vorige navorsing op hierdie gebied staaf.
Die trefwydte van welstandprogramme op die Suid-Afrikaanse bevolking is egter beperk. Die
sukses van welstandprogramme wat fisieke aktiwiteit beklemtoon, is goed gedokumenteer
in hoë-inkomstelande, met bewys van die ekonomiese voordele en opbrengs op belegging.
Gevolglik word daar aangevoer dat die toepassing van welstandprogramme ’n positiewe
uitwerking op die Suid-Afrikaanse werkmag sal hê.Current research in the area of wellness in the workplace is fragmented and requires a
holistic, integrated and systemic understanding of employee wellness in order for health and
wellness care to be effectively managed. The growing burden of noncommunicable conditions
in South Africa highlights the necessity for prevention strategies such as wellness programmes
to be implemented. The workplace provides an ideal setting as a large proportion of the
population will be targeted, including those who require lifestyle improvement. Therefore
this study sought to evaluate various health and wellness components among employees of a
medical aid company in an attempt to identify risk areas which require further intervention.
Participants were 140 employees of a medical aid company who work a minimum of 40 h per
week and who were subjected to a wellness assessment battery, consisting of anthropometrical,
health-related and physical capacity measurements. The results indicate that intervention is
required in terms of alcohol and drug usage, dietary habits, heart health, body composition,
muscular endurance, cardiorespiratory endurance, and individual perceptions towards the
company. This study produced results which corroborate the findings of a great deal of
previous research in this field. However, the scope for applying wellness programmes to the
South African population is limited. The success of wellness programmes which emphasise
physical activity has been well documented in high-income countries, with evidence of
economic benefits and return on investment. And so it is proposed that implementation of
wellness programmes will have a positive effect on the South African workforce.http://www.satnt.ac.zaam201
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